AccentKernMaker 2.1 Instructions
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This script works with Fontographer's metrics (.met) files. Based on the available kerning information, it creates a complete kerning table for accented characters for Macintosh Standard, Macintosh Central European, and Windows East European character set.
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In Fontographer 4.x, export your existing kerning information into a '.met' file (Fontographer Metrics) and save the file on your hard disk.
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Open the 'met' file in any text editor.
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Select all the text and copy it into clipboard.
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Open browser which supports Java (Netscape 4 or higher, or MIE 4 or higher) and paste all the text into "input kerning" text area.
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Select the encoding, check options for deleting kerning between lower case and upper case or deleting kerning if the value is lower then 5 units.
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Click "Generate!"
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Select the text in the "output kerning" text area, copy into clipboard and paste it back in your text editor.
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Save the text file as plain text document with (.met) in the suffix.
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In Fontographer, open the font to which you want to import the new kerning information. Make sure that kerning assistance is disabled as it could alter the kerning information you are about to import.
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Clear existing kerning information and import the new ones.... save the font.
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AccentsKernMaker script reads kerning information in un-accented characters and creates new kerning pairs for all the accented characters. For example, if you have a kerning pair C-a, new pairs C-á, C-à, C-ä, C-â, C-å, C-ã, Ç-a, Ç-á, Ç-à, Ç-ä, Ç-â, Ç-å, Ç-ã, will be generated automatically. It works also well with CE, and EE character sets. Bear in mind that this script does not make any aesthetic decision whether new kerning pairs are necessary or possible.
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AccentsKernMaker also sorts the kerning values according their absolute values. This is useful in older applications which limit number of kerning pairs or read only first few hundred pairs.
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There is a possibility of creating a custom encoding. All you need to do is to type letters with their accented equivalents in decimal values (i.e.: a 135, --> this will kern a acute (char 135) with the same values as the "a".
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Authors do not accept any responsibility for the results caused by this script and do not provide technical support. If you have any suggestions please contact the authors.
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Developed by: krupa@ui42.sk, kincik@ui42.sk, peterb@rainside.sk